神僧傳 9.49

9.49

鑛師者。海壇戍卒之子。自七八歲不喜魚肉甘嗜野菜。每見家厨烹燀（音闡）毛鱗。則手掬沙灰投于爨鑊。貴其不食。自言開元寺塔隋朝中我造也。多說未萌事後皆契合。便請出家。因披法服。頂有香氣如爇沈檀。時號為聖僧。侍御史皇甫政請入府署。因作肉鎚子百數。惟一是素者。盤器交雜悉陳于前。意驗之凡聖耳。鑛臨筵徑拈素者啖之。餘者手拂而作。皇甫部曲一皆驚嘆。自言壽止十三當定歸滅至是果終。

Master Kuang was the son of a garrison soldier at Haitan. From the age of seven or eight, he disliked fish and meat and had a sweet fondness for wild vegetables. Whenever he saw the household kitchen cooking or scalding creatures of fur and scale, he would scoop sand and ash in his hands and throw them into the stoves and cauldrons, eager that they not be eaten. He said of himself, "In the Sui dynasty, it was I who built the pagoda of Kaiyuan Monastery." He often spoke of things that had not yet occurred, and later they all matched his words. He then requested to renounce household life and thereupon donned the Dharma robes. At the crown of his head was a fragrance like the burning of eaglewood and sandalwood. At that time he was called the Holy Monk. Investigating Censor Huangfu Zheng invited him to enter the prefectural office. Thereupon [Huangfu] made about a hundred meat dumplings, of which only one was vegetarian. Plates and vessels were mingled together and all displayed before him, intending to test whether he was ordinary or holy. When Kuang approached the banquet, he went straight to pick up the vegetarian one and ate it. He brushed the rest aside with his hand and stood up. Huangfu's subordinates were all astonished and praised him. He said of himself that his lifespan was limited to thirteen years, when he would definitely return to extinction. When that time came, he indeed passed away.